KOCM

KOCM is a religious television station licensed to Norman, Oklahoma, and serving viewers in the Oklahoma City area. The station operates on UHF channel 46 and is owned by the Daystar Television Network, the broadcasting arm associated with Word of God Fellowship. Its offices and master-control facilities are located on 72nd Avenue Northeast in Norman, while its transmitter site is positioned near the John Kilpatrick Turnpike and Interstate 44 in northeast Oklahoma City. The station first went on the air in 2003. It was constructed and launched by Daystar through Word of God Fellowship, giving the network a local broadcast outlet in the Oklahoma City market. KOCM's identity is therefore tied less to a standalone commercial brand than to Daystar's broader religious television service. Its programming role is to distribute Daystar content over the air to households in and around central Oklahoma, complementing the network's wider cable, satellite, digital, and online distribution. KOCM was established after the Federal Communications Commission had finalized the principal digital television allotment plan in 1997. Because its original construction permit was granted after that plan was completed, the station did not receive a separate companion channel for a digital signal. Instead, it followed the flash-cut procedure used by certain stations that transitioned directly from analog broadcasting to digital transmission. On June 12, 2009, KOCM ended regular analog programming on UHF channel 46 and activated its digital transmission on the same channel. This made channel 46 the station's continuing broadcast identity across the analog-to-digital transition. As a religious station, KOCM's principal offering is faith-oriented television rather than a general-entertainment schedule or a locally originated commercial-news format. Its importance is regional: it provides Daystar programming to the Oklahoma City television market and functions as part of the network's owned or affiliated terrestrial footprint. Public reference material identifies the station's ownership, facilities, launch, and digital transition, but does not provide enough information to document a separate corporate history, named station executives, detailed programming lineups, audience metrics, or financial performance. Those details are therefore left unspecified.

KOCM is a religious television station licensed to Norman, Oklahoma, and serving the Oklahoma City area. The station was created as part of the Daystar Television Network's terrestrial broadcasting presence and was built and signed on by Daystar through Word of God Fellowship. It began broadcasting in 2003 on UHF channel 46. The station's physical organization reflects its role as a local outlet within a larger religious television network. KOCM's offices and master-control facilities are located on 72nd Avenue Northeast in Norman. Its transmission facilities are located near the John Kilpatrick Turnpike and Interstate 44 in northeast Oklahoma City, allowing the station to serve the broader Oklahoma City television market rather than only the city in which it is licensed. KOCM's technical history was shaped by the timing of its original construction permit. The Federal Communications Commission finalized the digital television allotment plan on April 21, 1997. Because KOCM received its original construction permit after that plan was completed, it was not assigned a separate companion channel for digital television. The station instead had to transition directly from analog operation to digital operation at the end of the full-service television conversion period. On June 12, 2009, KOCM stopped regular analog programming on UHF channel 46 and activated its digital signal through a flash cut on the same channel. The change preserved the station's recognizable channel allocation while replacing its analog transmission technology with digital broadcasting. This transition formed the principal documented technical milestone in the station's history. KOCM's brand and programming identity are closely connected to Daystar. Rather than operating primarily as an independent general-market television station, it serves as a local broadcast vehicle for Daystar's religious programming. Its public profile consequently centers on religious television distribution, local licensing, transmission coverage, and network ownership. Available reference material does not identify a distinct founding executive team, detailed local production slate, financial results, ratings, or major controversies involving KOCM. These omissions reflect the limited source material rather than evidence that such information does not exist.

• 2009

  KOCM completes its digital flash cut

  [1]KOCMen.wikipedia.org

  On June 12, 2009, the station ended regular analog broadcasts and activated its digital signal on UHF channel 46.

• 2003

  KOCM signs on

  [1]KOCMen.wikipedia.org

  KOCM began broadcasting as a Daystar religious television station licensed to Norman and serving the Oklahoma City area.

• 1997

  FCC finalizes the digital television allotment plan

  [1]KOCMen.wikipedia.org

  The FCC finalized its principal digital television allotment plan on April 21, 1997. Because KOCM's original construction permit came later, the station did not receive a separate companion digital channel.

A locally licensed religious broadcast station extending the Daystar Television Network's faith-oriented programming to the Oklahoma City market.

• Digital television broadcasting · 2003

  KOCM over-the-air television service

  KOCM's core offering is its terrestrial television signal for the Oklahoma City area. The station broadcasts Daystar religious programming from facilities in Norman and uses a transmitter near northeast Oklahoma City. Its channel identity is UHF 46, which it retained when it moved from analog transmission to digital operation in 2009.

• Religious television programming · 2003

  Daystar religious programming

  KOCM distributes programming associated with the Daystar Television Network. The station's role is primarily network distribution within the Oklahoma City market, making faith-oriented television its defining content proposition rather than a separately documented commercial entertainment or local-news format.

• 2009

  Transition from analog broadcasting to digital broadcastingStrategy

  Background

  KOCM was required to complete a direct transition because its post-1997 original construction permit did not provide it with a separate companion digital channel.

  Action taken

  The station discontinued regular analog programming on June 12, 2009, and performed a flash cut to digital transmission on UHF channel 46.

  Aftermath

  KOCM continued using channel 46 as its digital broadcast channel while participating in the nationwide transition away from analog full-service television.

  Source

1. 1KOCMen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Daystar Television Network official websitedaystar.com